Usually means: Inserting word between "to" and verb.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word split infinitive:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. split infinitive: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. split infinitive: Merriam-Webster
  3. split infinitive: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. split infinitive: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. split infinitive: Collins English Dictionary
  6. split infinitive: Vocabulary.com
  7. split infinitive: Wordnik
  8. split infinitive: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. split infinitive: Wiktionary
  10. split infinitive: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. split infinitive: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. split infinitive: Dictionary.com
  13. Split infinitive: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. split infinitive: Rhymezone
  15. split infinitive: FreeDictionary.org
  16. split infinitive: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. split infinitive: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. split infinitive: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See split_infinitives as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (split infinitive)

noun:  (grammar) An infinitive with one or more modifiers inserted between the to and the verb.

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